Position; Business Development
Sector; labels, printing, paper, flexible packaging, surface coatings, inks, adhesives, security products,
Location; UK
Our client is a world leader in the manufacturer of coated papers, self adhesives and security films with a global customer base.
Our Client has the requirement for a customer facing Commercial role to manage existing accounts and to generate new business growth in line with their short, medium, and long-term strategic plans.
Responsibilities:
* Deliver planned sales growth in markets requiring advanced coatings and production methods.
* Translate customer needs into and manage early-stage new business opportunities to determine key success factors.
* Develop new relationships at customers, OEM’s and key suppliers of materials.
* Project manage new business development activity in specific designated areas.
* Contribute to the annual budgeting process and strategy review.
* Develop and keep updated an in depth understanding of the current product portfolio and technical and operational capability.
* Liaise with the technical and product development functions on future customer and market requirements.
* Develop detailed and sense checked roadmaps to gain access to new markets.
* Keep abreast of competitor activity and technically driven market developments.
* Provide a depth of market knowledge and customer insight to facilitate tactics for entry into target areas of business growth.
* Attend and co-ordinate relevant industry trade shows.
Person Specification:
* Experienced in interacting globally with all levels of customers; interacting with suppliers and OEMs.
* Relevant experience from the specialist coating markets.
* Familiar with business model generation techniques to introduce a formal review process.
* Knowledge of coating, laminating, paper, synthetics, printing and conversion
Our client is offering an excellent salary and benefits package; company car (Tesla), BUPA health insurance, 9 x Life Assurance, employer pension contributions up to 10%, 25 days holiday, flexible working
Whitehall is the Recruitment Specialist for the Chemicals, Coatings, Polymers and Life Science based industries